Method
Prep
Preheat the oven and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
Dry mix
Whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt together in one bowl.
Wet mix
In another bowl, mix the melted butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth, then beat in the egg and vanilla.
Combine
Pour the wet mixture into the dry ingredients and stir just until combined — a few small lumps are fine.
Add the chips
Fold in the chocolate chips.
Scoop
Scoop rounded spoonfuls onto the tray, spaced apart since they'll spread. This is the step Vedhica still reminds herself about every time.
Bake
Bake until the edges are golden but the centres still look a little soft, then let them cool on the tray before touching them.
Vedhica's note: not every bake has to teach you something new. Sometimes the value is in doing something familiar well, over and over, until it just becomes something you know how to make.